1:1200 Napoleonic Naval - The Battle of Trafalgar or: 'Trafalgarage'

[Nightmoss]

Just saw this link on The Miniatures Page. Four hours to complete the battle sounds very appealing? Enjoy!

http://analogue-hobbies.blogspot.com...falgarage.html

[Kentop]

Looks like great fun. Moving one foot at a time is actually to scale. If Nelsons ships of the time made 10 to 12 knots an hour, that translates to 8 or 900 feet per minute and a three inch long ship was about 250 feet long in real life, the ship should move around 4 times it's length in one minute, or about a foot per turn if a turn lasts 1 or two minutes. Four hours is about how long the battle lasted in real life. Great job. Thanks for the link.

[DeRuyter]

Although the wind during the battle was very light and they'd be hard pressed to make 5 kts. The concepts are interesting especially to reduce record keeping and streamline the game. I was put off by the grease stained concrete floor though! I have these fleets in 1/2400 scale which works on the table.

[7eat51]

Neat story. Thanks for sharing Jim. A blue floor would have been pretty cool. In the end, the players had a good time.

Makes me want to pull out a hex-and-chit game to run a larger battle. It's been a long time since I have played one.

[Kentop]

At five knots, it's still about the right scale distance to sail if each turn represents 2 to 3 minutes in real time.